FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON
THE FAMILY OF JOSEPH & SARAH WEIGHTS
CENSUS INFORMATION:
| 1841 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||
| NAME: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BORN IN THE COUNTY? |
| Joseph Weights | M | 20 | Tailor | Yes |
| Sarah Weights | F | 20 | - | Yes |
| William Weights | M | 14d | - | Yes |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living on Percy Street, Preston. (H.O.107-499, district 50 folio 35) |
| 2: | William Weights wasn't baptized until the 18th of June but this Census entry gives his age as 14 days. The Census was taken on the night of 6 June, which would seem to indicate that William was born on or about the 24th of May 1841. |
| 1851 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Joseph Weights | Head | Mar. | M | 34 | Tailor | Garstang, Lancashire |
| Sarah Weights | Wife | Mar. | F | 32 | House Duties | Preston, Lancashire |
| William Weights | Son | - | M | 9 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| James Weights | Son | - | M | 8 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| Sarah Weights | Dau. | - | F | 6 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| Robert Weights | Son | - | M | 4 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| Dorothy Weights | Son | - | M | 1 | - | Preston, Lancashire |
| NOTE: | |
| 1: | Living at 3 St. Paul's Road, Preston. (HO 107-2267, folio 622, Page 28) |
| 1861 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Joseph Weights | Head | Mar. | M | 44 | Warder | Garstang, Lancashire |
| Sarah Weights | Wife | Mar. | F | 42 | Housekeeper | Preston, Lancashire |
| William Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 19 | Compositor | Preston, Lancashire |
| Sarah Weights | Dau. | Unm. | F | 16 | (illegible) | Preston, Lancashire |
| Robert Weights | Son | - | M | 14 | (illegible) | Preston, Lancashire |
| Richard Weights | Son | - | M | 9 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| Joseph Weights | Son | - | M | 5 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| Samuel Weights | Son | - | M | 3 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| James Weights | Son | - | M | 1 | - | Preston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 35 St. Paul's Square, Preston. (RG9-3138, folio 114, page 39) |
| 2: | Their son James, who should have been about 18 years old, died sometime before May 1860, when they named another son James. |
| 3: | Their daughter Dorothy, who would have been about 11 years old, is not listed at the family home and may have died sometime before the night of this census. |
| 4: | The occupations of Sarah and Robert were too difficult to decipher on the microfilm. |
| 1871 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Joseph Weights | Head | Mar. | M | 54 | Warder | Garstang, Lancashire |
| Sarah Weights | Wife | Mar. | F | 52 | Warder's Wife | Preston, Lancashire |
| Robert Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 24 | Bookkeeper | Preston, Lancashire |
| Richard Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 19 | County Court Clerk | Preston, Lancashire |
| Samuel Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 12 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| James Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 10 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| William Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 6 | Scholar | Preston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 35 St. Paul's Square, Preston. (RG10-4212, folio 157, page 47) |
| 2: | Their daughter Sarah, who would have been about 26 years old, was probably married by this date. |
| 3: | Their son Joseph, who would have been about 15 years old, is not listed and may have died sometime before the night of this census or may have been elsewhere on that night. |
| 4: | Joseph's full occupation was Warder, House of Correction. |
| 1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Joseph Weights | Head | Mar. | M | 64 | Annuitant | Garstang, Lancashire |
| Sarah Weights | Wife | Mar. | F | 62 | - | Preston, Lancashire |
| James Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 20 | Clerk, General | Preston, Lancashire |
| William Weights | Son | Unm. | M | 16 | Hairdresser | Preston, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 34 St. Paul's Square, Preston. (RG11-4229, folio 89) |
| 2: | William's full occupation was Hairdresser's Apprentice. |
| 3: | Joseph's son Samuel was living nearby and was a Hairdresser. It is possible that William was working with his older brother as his Apprentice. |
| 1891 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Joseph Weights | Head | Widower | M | 74 | Living on Own Means | Garstang, Lancashire |
| Mary Watson | Servant | Unm. | F | 52 | - | Blackburn, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 34 St. Paul's Square, Preston. (RG12-3432, folio 82, page 13) |
| 2: | The servant's surname was illegible on the CD version of this census but I was given her name by David Threlfall and when I looked at the version on microfiche I could see that it was Watson. |
| 1901 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Joseph Weights | Head | Widower | M | 84 | Retired Prison Warder | Garstang, Lancashire |
| Mary Watson | Servant | Unm. | F | 61 | Housekeeper | Blackburn, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 9 Maudland Bank, Preston. (RG13-3955, folio 94, page 6) |
| 2: | Joseph's sister Dorothy "Dolly" Weights was living at 9 Maudland Bank at the time of the 1881 census. |
| 3: | Thank you to David Threlfall for pointing me in the right direction for this record. |
| NOTE: | |
| 1: | The above census information is taken from copies on either microfilm or microfiche at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston. |